Online Learners

What is a postal loan?

Online Learners can reserve books from our Main Collection required for their studies. These books can then be posted out to the requesting student. This is known as a Postal Loan. Books can be borrowed for three weeks. They can be renewed for a further three weeks online through your Library Account, by email or by phone.

Online Learners can reserve books that are currently available in the library as well as books that are currently checked out by other students and staff. Once the books are available, they are sent with a postal return bag and a pre-paid postage label to the Online Learner. The postal return bag and label can be used by the Online Learner to return the books to the library.

How do I order a Postal Loan?

Log into your library account using your college email address and your college password.

• Search for the book you want.
• Click place hold button
• Click the confirm button
• When the book is available for you to collect, an email will be sent to your college email address.
• Send an email to library.sligo@atu.ie to arrange for the books to be posted to you

Please note

• The Postal Loan Service is for online students only. 
• Postal Loans will be delivered throughout Ireland only.

It is your responsibility to return the book in person or by post using this address:

Book Returns

Yeats Library

ATU Sligo,

Ash Lane, Sligo

F91 YW50